X Japan – Tears

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Doko ni yukebaii anata to hanarete
Ima wa sugisatta toki ni toi kakete
Nagasugita yuru ni tobi dachi wo yume mita
Ikoku no sora mitsumete kodoko wo dakishimete

Nagareru namida wo toki no kaze ni kasanete
Owaranai anata no toiki wo kanjite
Dry your tears with love
Dry your tears with love

Loneliness, your silent whisper
Fills a river of tears through the night
Memory, you never let me cry
And you, you never said goodbye

Sometimes our tears blinded the love
We lost out dreams along the way
But I never thought you'd trade your soul to the fates
Never thought you'd leave me alone

Time through the rain has set me free
Sands of time will keep your memory
Love everlasting fades away
Alive within your beatless heart

Dry your tears with love
Dry your tears with love

Nagareru namida wo toki no kaze ni kasanete
Owaranai kanashimi wo aoi-bara ni kaete
Dry your tears with love
Dry your tears with love

Nagareru namida wo toki no kaze ni kasanete
Owaranai anata no toiki wo kanjite
Dry your tears with love
Dry your tears with love

Dry your tears with love
If you could have told me everything
You would have found what love is
If you could have told me what was on your mind
I would have shown you the way
Someday I'm gonna be older than you
I've never thought beyond that time
I've never imagined the pictures of that life
For now I will try to live for you and for me
I will try to live with love, with dreams
And forever with tears

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Track duration: 02:17

"Tears" as written by Stephen Sinclair/joe Falsia

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:This song is deep and beutiful. love it, love X Japan.
    Flag robbierampageeeon March 05, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:One of the best songs of all time.
    Yoshiki is by far one of the best composers of our time.
    And the live acoustic version is... wow.

    Definately about his father... =[
    Poor guy.


    R.I.P. HIDE
    Flag Beenoon July 31, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:such a sad song to memorize his father :(
    Flag Kurenai Tenshion February 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This is such a powerful song. Easily one of the greatest ever written.

    Yoshiki, I salute you. You are truly a lyrical deity.
    Flag Kuyukly78on February 10, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:in some version of tears yoshiki...recites this last poetic lyrics... and i would always lose control of my tears at this last section......the pain must be .excruxiating for him.....at that time..and even more when one of his best friends HIDE died by committing suicide...too...........this is way too much...for a single man to take

    If you could have told me everything
    You would have found what love is
    If you could have told me what was on your mind
    I would have shown you the way
    Someday I'm gonna be older than you
    I've never thought beyond that time
    I've never imagined the pictures of that life
    For now I will try to live for you and for me
    I will try to live with love, with dreams,
    and forever with tears


    ............yoshiki is really a talent.
    with such simple poetry he delivers such works.....
    Flag generalpaperon January 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song never fails to turn on the waterworks...whenever I make an attempt to sing this song, I cannot finish it... cannot even get past through the lines "NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D LEAVE ME ALONE".
    This song always reminds me of my father who passed away when I was a teenager. Didn't know at first that it was for Yoshiki's dad, but somehow I can feel the pain contained in the song.
    Flag aena19on December 30, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:X japan is one of those bands from asia who can be comapred or comes in the status of legenday bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Dire straits, so on...."tears" really bring tears to ma eyes when i listen to it...don't understand most of the lyrics cuz it's japanese...but while listen to this song i can feel the pain and emotions that the vocalist is going through and the music add perfectly...it makes me cry too...and the wonderful part of this song is that you can never get tired listen to it....you jus wanna listen to it day after day....
    Flag 6-stringson June 20, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song has such great emotion its beautiful!
    Flag rufiohaspanon October 02, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I ALWAYS cry when I listen to "Tears". It's just one of those ballads that transcends every emotion and captures the spirit as well as the body with perfect sadness and energy. Toshi's English is exceptionally good in this piece and captures the pathos of the lyrics unexpectedly well.

    Yoshiki's pain over losing his father must still be so great... I'm so sorry.
    Flag Nepentheson February 27, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I have this song, live. It's so amazing. =.= It's like, beautiful. Words cannot describe it. It's pure brilliance, to say the very least. Definitely one of my favorite X songs. This song really makes me cry. And poor YOSHIKI! =.=

    k. well, astonishing lyrics, instrumentals, vocals.. as always. words can NEVER describe their beauty. In the live version I have, the audience sings along the whole time, and for a few lines, Toshi stops singing, and they just sing, and.. oh.. I wish I could have seen them live. ::sob::
    Flag YOSHIKIhide_loveon January 08, 2006   Link

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